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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-18-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Ex-Cub(s) Item Of The Day

Submitted by Cubnut on
The bottom three hitters in the Orioles lineup for tonight's game at U.S. Cellular Field were Freddie Bynum, Paul Bako, and Corey Patterson. BB&P went a combined 3-for-13 with four strikeouts. Still, the trio collected a pair of walks and scored three runs between them, and Bynum, who had two of the ex-Cubs' safeties, also smacked a triple. Bynum (4th) and Patterson (16th) stole bases as well. The fact that these three have landed on the O's roster at the same time and in their starting lineup ON THE SAME NIGHT says a lot about the state of the Baltimore American League Ballclub and the job in front of Andy MacPhail. It also says something about the state of the Chicago White Sox, who the Orioles hammered tonight, 9-6.

Comments

Submitted by JustanoldCubfan on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 07:39 pm

Andy MacFailure is welcome to all three of them. There is no one less likely to return the Orioles to respectability than MacFailure. His reputation is still living off his "catch lightening in a bottle" days at Minnesota.

Submitted by Newport/Racine on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 07:08 pm

All that mean is the O's lineup is Hot Garbage. Smells like Cooperville, MI. Poopy.

Submitted by Newport/Racine on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 07:37 pm

My "s" key must be cashed out..I meant to say... That MEANS the O's lineup is H.G., and CooperSville, MI. Stinky stinky town.

Submitted by Rynox on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:09 am

For those of you who don't think the pressure of a pennant race weighs heavily on young players, you should watch the baseball sports highlights Wednesday so you can see Prince Fielder go postal on a water cooler because he didn't hit a home run. It was crazy. You usually only see that kind of behavior on teams that are doing poorly.

Submitted by jacos on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:35 am

Rynox- "see Prince Fielder go postal on a water cooler because he didn’t hit a home run" Someone told him it was a piñata full of Twinkies.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:08 am

Not even couting Paul Bako, Freddie Bynum, Steve Trachsel, and Scott Williamson, the Orioles hiring Cubs Scouting Director John Stockstill as their Scouting Director probably has had the most to do with so many ex-Cubs prospects gravitating to Baltimore over the past couple of years: Francis Beltran Chadd Blasko Jason Dubois Jon Leicester Luis Montanez Corey Patterson Brandon Sing Kenny Steenstra (minor league pitching coach)

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:26 am

For those of you who state that the pitcher calls "99% of his pitches", Lou's quotes would seem to disagree with this: Re: Z's last start: "He called a real good game yesterday, he really did,” Piniella said of Bowen. “I took notice. Both of my catchers have done real nice jobs here, handling the pitching staff. And they both understand that’s their primary function.” 7/4 Daily Herald

Submitted by aaronb on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:37 am

Lou just ran his best catcher out of town for no apparent reason. I will promise you all right now that Lou won't be saying anything to slam his current catchers, to draw criticism to himself.

Submitted by jacos on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:59 am

I have been a big Michael Barrett defender but when he started fighting with the pitching staff, regressed defensively and mentally, and then was club house advocate against Lou, it was time for him to go. I'm happy with Lou making players accountable and playing the hot hand, and imo if Dusty was still here you would have an outfield of Floyd in LF, Soriano in CF, JJ in RF and Neifizzy playing SS everyday.

Submitted by Virginia Phil on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:21 am

E-Man said: Re: Z’s last start: “He called a real good game yesterday, he really did,” Piniella said of Bowen. E-Man, Hill has been catching Zambrano ever since the fight. Piniella was referring to the Monday game when Bowen caught Lilly.

Submitted by Virginia Phil on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:34 am

At RFK Tuesday night, we watched Billy Petrick carrying a pink bag with a shoulder strap to and from the bullpen. I was going to ask if anyone knew what that was, but I just found this online:
Since Dempster joined the Cubs, he has initiated a type of hazing for the newest member of the bullpen. That player is required to carry a pink backpack that belongs to Dempster from the dugout to the bullpen prior to the start of each game, in full view of fans and teammates alike. “They haven't really done anything too bad to me, except I got to carry out the pink bag,” said Petrick, who again carried it on Wednesday. “(Fellow reliever Carlos) Marmol was so happy because it was his since he got called up (on May 18). I know he was thrilled to get rid of it.”

Submitted by Wes on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:17 am

"calling a good game" and "calling a bad game" does exist. Don't believe I ever made the claim that it didn't exist. You call a good game, we're on the same page. You call a bad game, and you're pissing me off. We're doing a lot of talking on the mound and in the dugout in between innings. Does that relate to pitcher's success? Eh, I still don't think so. The disagreements don't happen that often. Unless you've got a really crappy catcher who doesn't pay attention. Both guys read the scouting report. Both guys watch the video. Both guys talk in the clubhouse about how the pitcher wants to attack certain guys. That's what Lou's talking about when he says "manage the staff". Catchers can call a good game, and since the media and most folks think that directly relates to a pitcher's success, one of the press probably asked Lou how he felt about how Bowen called the game: "'He called a real good game yesterday, he really did.”

Submitted by dave on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:57 am

I have been a big Michael Barrett defender but when he started fighting with the pitching staff, Lets Z - both "fights" were initiated by the pitchers. One was initiated by a known pyscho (Z) and the other wasn't even a fight (with R. Hill).

Submitted by The Real Neal on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 07:56 am

I never pitched, other than screwing around, but I have to disagree about the game calling mechanism not having an impact on the pitcher's game. If you're constantly shaking off and arguing over how to work a hitter, at the very minimum, it is going to disrupt your timing.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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